February 13, 1892

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Features

A Violent Eruption of the Sun

New System of Maritime Navigation

A Straining and Measuring Pot

An Ensilage Harvester and Chopper

An Improved Clothes Line Pulley

An Improved Cultivator

Ferns: Their Preservative Properties and Varied Uses

By N. Pike

Dr. S. P. Langley's Experiments in Aerodynamics

The Electrical Transmission of Power Between Lauffen on the Neckar and Frankfort on the Main

California's Famous Big Trees

Trouve's Aviator

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Letters

Correspondence- February 13, 1891

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New Books and Publications- February 13, 1891

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Recently Patented Inventions- February 13, 1891

Business and Personal- February 13, 1891

Notes and Queries- February 13, 1891

Index of Inventions- February 13, 1891

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